Since 1990, Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful network has performed over 1,415 illegal dump cleanups. If you lay every tire flat on the ground that Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful has collected, they would span from Pittsburgh to Erie and back to Pittsburgh again! For over two decades, the Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful grassroots network has been cleaning dumpsites and littered areas across the state of Pennsylvania. Along with its other programming, such as recycling and special collection events, Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful and its affiliates have removed over 96 million pounds of trash and recycled 5.2 million pounds of scrap metal from Pennsylvania's hillsides, local roads, and streams. Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful has also collected or removed 644,468 tires and 26,874 appliances. More than 353 segments of local roads, parks/pathways, and waterways have been adopted through the Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful adoption program. Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful has organized and planted more than 121,963 trees, flowers, and bulbs on public lands through its beautification program. In total, more than 1.5 million volunteers have dedicated over six  million volunteer hours to Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful programming.

Cleanups vary widely, involving volunteers or equipment, or sometimes both. Volunteer safety is the primary concern at every cleanup. Safe cleanup strategies have been developed to address the potential risks in removing broken glass, rusted metal, furniture, vehicles, construction debris, and tires from steep slopes and waterways. Equipment is used when volunteers' welfare could be at risk and people power alone is not enough.